.78 Cal 40″ Full Stock Flintlock Smoothbore Musket 18th Century Antique

SOLD FOR: $1,400.00

LSB#: LSB260622FM211

Make: None Marked

Model: Flintlock Musket

Serial Number: NSNV

Year of Manufacture: Antique

Caliber: .78 Caliber

Action Type: Flintlock, single shot muzzleloader

Markings: No maker’s markings were observed.

Barrel Length: 40″, smoothbore

Sights / Optics: A small stud is fitted on top of the barrel near the muzzle. There is a small V notch cut into the upper tang.

Stock Configuration & Condition: The musket is full stocked in walnut. The furniture is mixed brass and iron, with a brass buttplate and brass side plate, an iron trigger guard and an iron ramrod with a flared head in the under-barrel channel. The LOP measures 13.25″ from the front of the trigger to the rear of the buttplate. There are chips and cracks on the buttstock and cracks extending from the upper tang. The wood shows handling wear and age. The stock rates in Fair condition as antique.

Type of Finish: Browned

Finish Originality: Original

Bore Condition: The smoothbore is dark. There is moderate erosion in the bore. In this writer’s opinion the bore rates 4 out of 10.

Overall Condition: This musket retains about 35% of its browned finish. The barrel and lock show a dark patina with scattered handling marks and age. The brass furniture has an aged tone. The stock shows the chips and cracks noted above. Overall, this musket is in Fair condition as antique.

Mechanics: The action functions correctly and the cock holds at both full and half cock. We have not fired this musket. As with all used firearms, a thorough cleaning may be necessary to meet your maintenance standards.

Box, Paperwork & Accessories: Iron ramrod present.

Our Assessment: This large-bore flintlock musket is believed to date from the late 17th to early 18th century, the period when the flintlock replaced the matchlock as the standard military ignition across Europe. Its roughly .78 caliber smoothbore, 40″ barrel and full-length walnut stock with brass and iron furniture reflect the heavy infantry and fowling arms of that era.

The gun retains about 35% of its browned finish and the lock holds at full and half cock. The bore is dark and rates 4 out of 10, and the stock has chips and cracks on the buttstock and at the upper tang. It is an early flintlock long arm with plenty of character for the collector of early military and colonial-era firearms. -N.P